The Mad Professor, Vol. 1

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Hermann Sudermann (1857-1928) was a German journalist, dramatist and novelist. Sudermann’s nationalism and romanticized ideas of ethnicity and homeland made him a favourite during World War II. He is best known today for the 1927 silent films Sunrise, based on his short story Die Reise nach Tilsit (Trip to Tilset); The Song of Songs, starring Marlene Dietrich, based on his novel Das Hohe Lied; and Flesh and the Devil, starring Greta Garbo, based on his play The Undying Past. Sudermann’s 1890 nov